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The Strangest Fruit By Billie Holiday: Song Analysis

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The art work the Strangest Fruit by Vincent correlates with the famous poem Strange Fruit, performed by Billie Holiday. As the song depicts the lynching of African American in America, the art work painted by Valdez also describes the lynching of Mexican immigrants in Texas in the early twentieth century. Additionally, both works deeply express a somber and hauntingly tone that accurately demonstrates the struggles and persecution that the minority immigrants faced in the United
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